10.6.13

the dairy queen

I won this beautiful dress from the dreamy Etsy
shop Trunk Of Dresses, via a giveaway on Lucky Lucille!! I couldn't
believe my good luck, as this dress had my name all over it.

Every year my town has a festival to celebrate local agriculture, especially our rich dairy farming heritage. The true heart of the festivities is the Strolling of the Heifers, a fabulous parade where calves don wreaths of flowers to strut down Main Street!!

Aren't they beautiful?

At the historical society I found the 1892 prototype of my dress. Then as now, we love us some black lace collars and a b/w palette.

"Strolling of the Heifers" may be the greatest and best civic event name I have ever heard in lo, these twenty seven years on planet earth. Not to mention, how cute are those little cows' heads?! Also, that dress is so neat! I love its historical antecedent and you can't beat "I won this". :)

Ah, I love these little local celebrations! In my town we have two: Johnny Appleseed Days and the Gold Nugget Parade. "Strolling of the Heifers" is definitely the best name though. Last weekend was a bit of a bore (had to work), but this weekend I'm heading to Vegas for the first time! Can't wait!

You are utterly beautiful in that graceful, adorable dress! What an amazing win, and you wear it perfectly. Looks like a lovely day out, celebrating the heifers, and what an amazing old Victorian dress you discovered too. You're quite right, black and white will never go out of fashion!

What a marvelous dress - how awesome that you won it. There's something extra special, I find about the feeling of wearing a piece you won or were given as a gift. Love all of the darling critters in this fun post - and speaking of love, your amazing handbag will have me swooning for the rest of the week!

Wow that dress is sooo you, and it fits like a dream! So stinkin cute... Had to be fate! I rewatched Nashville the other day, and amidst swooning over all the clothes, I thought "man, this is sooo Dakota". (The clothes, obv not the oh-so-Altman tragic plot, haha)

Your blog is so cute! (along with all of those cuddly creatures!!) I hope you'll consider following me! Also, that dress is like Mary Poppins (practically perfect in every way! :3 ) iamthegreatgwen.blogspot.com

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